The 10th District U.S. House race between Patrick McHenry and Patsy Keever won’t be decided until Tuesday night.

But the fundraising victory has already been signed, sealed and delivered for the GOP incumbent, according to campaign finance reports released this week.

McHenry, a Republican seeking his fifth term in the House, has raised almost $1.2 million in the current campaign cycle that began Jan. 1, 2011. His take is more than two times the amount of his opponent, Democrat Patsy Keever, who has raised about $495,000.

McHenry is a Gaston County native and Belmont Abbey College graduate who now lives in Denver. Keever is an Asheville resident and a retired teacher whose term in the N.C. House of Representatives is ending.

The fundraising disparity between the two candidates is apparent down the line. McHenry has received more than $526,000 from individual contributors, compared to the $203,414 received by Keever.

Campaign finance restrictions state that an individual cannot give more than $2,500 to a single candidate in each election cycle. Primary and general elections are considered separate, which means the most a person should have given McHenry or Keever since Jan. 1, 2011, is $5,000.

The $640,312 that McHenry has taken in from political action committees is 27 times the amount that Keever has collected, at $23,712, from those types of organizations.

McHenry has also spent less of his own money on his campaign, having loaned $59,500 to himself for his re-election bid. That represents about 5 percent of his total funds raised.

Keever has reported spending $100,000 of her own money on her campaign, or 20 percent of her overall fundraising total.

In the past, only western Gaston County was included in the 10th congressional district. But the GOP-controlled Legislature redrew the lines last year, putting all of Gaston in the 10th. To pull Democratic votes from the 11th District, the Legislature also added Asheville to the 10th, which stretches from the Catawba River to Buncombe County.

The redistricting also had the effect of drawing Keever out of the state House district she now represents, which prompted her to run for Congress. Political pundits have said that adding Asheville to the mix could make it slightly more challenging for McHenry to win re-election but he remains heavily favored to go back to Washington.

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Here's a look at the fundraising comparison between the candidates in the 10th District U.S. House race:

Democrat

Patsy Keever, Asheville

Total amount raised: $495,133

Contributions from individuals: $203,414

Contributions from political action committees: $23,712

Six people from Gaston County who contributed $200 or more:

Robert Blandford Jr., Mount Holly, retired

$2,750

Janette Blandford, Mount Holly, Belmont Abbey College professor

$2,500

T.J. Solomon II, Gastonia, attorney

$750

Scott Roberts, Gastonia, attorney

$500

Geoffrey Planer, Gastonia, attorney

$250

Shirley Miller Wiggins, Gastonia, retired

$200

Republican

Patrick McHenry, Denver

Total amount raised: $1,197,068

Contributions from individuals: $526,127

Contributions from political action committees: $640,312

57 Gaston County residents or business owners who contributed $200 or more:

Michael Beam, Cherryville, investor

$5,800

George Henry, Gastonia, owner of Henry Fibers Inc.

$5,000

Robert Gallagher, Goodwill Publishing CEO

$5,000

James Comer III, Gastonia, ABG Carolinas president

$4,500

Anderson Warlick, Gastonia, Textiles manufacturer executive

$4,000

Timothy Efird, Gastonia, Standard Distributors salesman

$3,500

Gene Matthews, Gastonia, Belk Inc. merchant

$3,500

Tom Efird, Gastonia, Standard Distributors beverage wholesaler

$1,500

Gilbert Patrick, Kings Mountain, Patrick Yarn Mills manager

$2,500

Tracy Philbeck, Bessemer City, self-employed

$2,500

David Beam, Cherryville, president

$2,000

James Bailey, Stanley, retired colonel

$1,500

Craig Watson, Gastonia, Watson Insurance owner

$1,500

David Falls, Lowell, Choice USA Beverage vice president

$1,250

Kim Price, Gastonia, Citizens South Bank president

$1,250

Jackie Gallagher, Housewife

$1,000

Carla Beam, Cherryville, homemaker

$1,000

William Carstarphen, Belmont, Pharr Yarns executive

$1,000

Jerry Fogle, Gastonia, retired

$1,000

Larry Fox, Cherryville, Fox Distributing Co. CEO

$1,000

Dan Gunter Jr., Gastonia, Smith Textile Apron Co. executive

$1,000

Craig Lowery, Gastonia, Lowery Dentistry

$1,000

Frank Matthews, Gastonia, Matthews Management

$1,000

Mickey Price, Belmont, CVS Pharmacy

$1,000

Herman Ratchford, Gastonia, Triangle Real Estate owner

$1,000

Frank Stewart, Gastonia, Ultra president

$1,000

Larry Summer, Cherryville, self-employed

$1,000

Natalie Tindol, Belmont, Tindol Ford owner

$1,000

Steven Yates, Gastonia, Gaston Hematology physician

$1,000

J.M. Carstarphen, McAdenville, Pharr Yarns CEO

$950

John Bailey, Belmont, self-employed builder

$750

Thomas Watson, Gastonia, Watson Insurance

$650

Herman Ratchford Jr., Bessemer City, Triangle Real Estate owner

$600

John Harris, Kings Mountain, funeral director

$500

Michael Dean, Gastonia, self-employed accountant

$500

Brenard Dalton, Belmont, 321 Equipment Co. manager

$500

Richard Craig, Gastonia, A.B. Carter executive

$500

Stephen Grinton, Cherryville, doctor

$500

James Secunda, Belmont, Thundering Heard Investments

$500

Richard Ellison, Cherryville, retired

$400

Betty Ann Wittenberg, Gastonia, retired

$350

William Jarman Jr., Gastonia, retired

$250

John Fraley, Cherryville, Southern Real Estate

$250

Fred Downs, Gastonia, CMC Lincoln nurse

$250

Catherine Carstarphen, McAdenville, homemaker

$250

Nell Alala, Gastonia, retired

$250

Robert Blalock, Gastonia, business owner

$250

Ladonna Boyer, Cramerton, sales manager

$250

Michael McMahan, Gastonia, certified financial planner

$250

Thomas Meaders, Cherryville, Gardner Webb College educator

$250

Lindsay Meakin, Gastonia, homemaker

$250

Daniel Moser, Gastonia, Dana Corp. publication manager

$250

Daniel Nation, Gastonia, Parkdale Mills president

$250

Edward Silvoy, Gastonia, physician

$250

Barry Smith, Cramerton, retired

$250

Raye Watson-Smyth, Stanley

$250

Frederic Levy, Gastonia, Carolina Ear, Nose and Throat physician

$200

Charles Meakin, Gastonia, CaroMont Health physician

$200

Sharon Moss, Gastonia, Modern Printing Co. sales

$200

* Amounts are the totals given for the current election cycle beginning Jan. 1, 2011